401(k) providers · Named, not rankedJohn Hancock
John Hancock is a 401(k) provider that offers retirement plans to employers · johnhancock.com ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. John Hancock has 8.
Why models recommend it
No positive label carried a quote.
What gives them pause
“worst offenders are usually the insurance companies. John Hancock, Principal, Pru, T Rowe etc.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Known for high fees and trailing returns compared to low-cost index funds.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“Common Examples: John Hancock, Transamerica, Principal Financial... Why to be cautious: Many insurance-based 401(k) plans”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Historically known for high expense ratios and limited low-cost index options, though they've improved somewhat.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as John Hancock, over the 18 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 5 | View → | |
| 14 | 6 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on John Hancock's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- customers
- Customers named
- Kelley
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 17 of the 18 answers that named John Hancock and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Sixty-eight of the sixty-eight domain citations in answers naming John Hancock came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News or press | 387 | 12 | 2026-10-01 | ||
| Blog | 94 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 20 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 6 | 0 | 2025-01-01 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 3 | undated | |||
| Case study | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-10-01John hancock closed end funds declare monthly distributions news or press
- 2026-09-01John hancock closed end funds declare quarterly distributions news or press
- 2026-09-01John hancock closed end funds declare monthly distributions news or press
- 2026-09-01John hancock closed end funds announce annual shareholder meeting and record dates news or press
- 2026-09-01John hancock financial opportunities fund notice to shareholders sources of distribution under section 19 a news or press
- 2026-09-01John hancock diversified income fund notice to shareholders sources of distribution under section 19 a news or press
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page johnhancock.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read October 5, 2026.